Tongeren

Tongeren is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, located in southeast Flanders. The city was founded by the Romans as Aduatuca Tungrorum, having been called "Aduatuca" by the Eburones. In 54 BC, the Aduatuci tribe of the Belgae revolted against Julius Caesar's legions, destroying a legion that demanded the right to winter among them. In response, Caesar sold the Aduatuci into slavery and annihilated the name of the Eburones, and the Tungri later settled the area, lending their name to the modern city. In 1677, the city was burned almost entirely by the troops of King Louis XIV of France during the Franco-Dutch War, and it was not until after 1830 that the city was reborn. In 2016, Tongeren had a population of 30,720 people.